A famous painting of Madonna is stolen in Rome. Somewhere in the fencing of the masterpiece the painting disappears. An LA art dealer who was to fence the art work is found murdered. A mob boss, a widow, an associate and an enemy of the dead man are in a panic to find the money or the painting. An LA detective who is only interested in coasting along until early retirement is assigned to the murder case. He finds it impossible to shift the responsibility to anyone else in LAPD. While he fumbles around, the other interested persons are lying, cheating, double crossing others and deceiving the authorities. There are a number of surprises in the story that can't be revealed here. A fast moving, easy read that is guaranteed to amuse you. is missing since the art dealer was killed. There are doublecrosses, triplecrosses, lies, deceptions and jostling for position for the millions of dollars to be made by the party possessing the paint